298 TIMELTID.-E. 



ToHUf/. Differs from the adult in being lighter and more ochra- 

 ceous brown, the head being scarcely any darker than the back ; 

 the edges to the wing-coverts are also much lighter brown, and all 

 have a subterminal triangular spot or streak of ochraceous buff; 

 throat white, wath dusky-brown margins to the feathers ; the 

 under surface much lighter than in the adult, the cross bars being 

 •white instead of ashy grey. 



The lluiseiior Wren is an inhabitant of Guatemala. 



a. Ad. sk. Guatemala. Purchased. 



b. Juv. sk. Vera Paz, Guatemala. O. Salvia, Esq. [C.]. 



4. Microcerculus luscinia. 



Cvphorbiuus bambla ?, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 320 (nee 



'Bodd.). 

 Cyphorhiuus phUomela, Later. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 467 {nee 



Salv.). 

 Microcerculus philomela, Buird, Review Amer. B. i. p. 114 (pt., nee 



Salv.) . 

 Microcerculus luscinia, Salvin, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 69, 1867, p. 134 ; 



Sclater S,- Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 6; Salv. ?f Godm. Biol. 



Centr.-Amer., Ai-es, i. p. 77, tab. v. fig. 4. 

 Cyphorhiuus luscinia, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 193, no. 2666. 



Adult male (Santa Fe, Veragua ; E. Arce : type of species). 

 General colour above clear brown, the feathers with more or less 

 obsolete blackish margins, the latter more distinct on the head, which 

 is rather duller than the back ; wing-coverts blackish brown, edged 

 with the same colour as the back, the margins to the greater series 

 a little darker, like those of the innermost secondaries ; quills 

 blackish brown ; tail also blackish brown ; lores and ear-coverts 

 dull ashy, slightly washed with brown ; cheeks and throat dull 

 white, with narrow dusky margins, scarcely perceptible ; breast 

 ashy grey, the feathers washed with brown ; the centre of the body 

 dull ashy white, mottled with brown cross-markings ; sides of body 

 light brown, with indistinct indications of blackish-brown cross 

 bars ; under tail-coverts blackish . with reddish-brown cross-markings ; 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries ashy brown, washed with clearer 

 brown ; quills dusky broM'U below, lighter brown along the edge of 

 the inner web. Total length 3-G inches, culmen 0-75, wing 2-15, 

 tail 1, tarsus 0-85. {Mus. Salvin and Godman.) 



Adult female (Santiago de Veragua, E. Arce). Similarly coloured 

 to the male, but a little more chestnut-brown. Total length 3"5 

 inches, culmen 0-8, wing 2-2, tail 0-9, tarsus 0-9. (Miis. Salvin 

 and Godman.) 



The Veraguan Wren is confined to Veragua and Panama, where 

 it is extremely rare. 



5. Microcerculus hicolor. 



Heterocnemis bicolor, Des Murs in Casteln, Toy., Oiseatix, p. 51, 

 pi. 16. fig. 3 (tj'pe examined). 



